Name: Roanoke Hollins Stockyard livestock auction prices — 2024-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 3, Heifers 16, Bulls 25)

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $250.67/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −168.73 against this barn's trailing median of $419.40.

Average price

$250.67

7 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,349

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+4.92

vs VA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	250.67	1,349	7thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $442.20, low $378.93, median $419.40 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale7 hd

250.67

—

VA average8 barns · 280 hd

245.75

+4.92

This barn, trailing median9 sales

419.40

−168.73

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

17 lots · USDA AMS · Roanoke-Hollins Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Roanoke, VA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,413	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,322	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	956	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,192	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	253.78/cwt	253.00–258.00	1,353	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	268.63/cwt	261.00–269.50	1,179	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,155	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	150.84/cwt	141.00–161.00	935	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,291	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,379	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	966	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	821	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,112	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,457	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,285	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,010	5

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Roanoke-Hollins Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Roanoke, VA

Mon Nov 18, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 44Last week 24Year ago 47

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 3, Heifers 16, Bulls 25)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	269.00	269.00
1	550–600	565	250.00	250.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	439	261.00–269.50	268.63
6	500–550	533	253.00–258.00	253.78
1	550–600	570	232.00	232.00
2	600–650	633	151.00	151.00
3	650–700	662	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	273.00	273.00
1	600–650	610	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	620	141.00–161.00	150.84
1	700–750	730	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	245.00	245.00
5	400–450	449	225.00	225.00
1	450–500	460	210.00	210.00
1	500–550	515	216.00	216.00
3	800–850	840	153.00	153.00
2	900–950	928	157.00	157.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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